Olympic Pride, American Prejudice: The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin Olympic

by Blair Underwood, Travis Thrasher, Deborah Riley Draper

Book Overview

Discover the astonishing, inspirational, and largely unknown true story of the eighteen African American athletes who competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, defying the racism of both Nazi Germany and the Jim Crow South.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of a segregated United States, sixteen black men and two black women are torn between boycotting the Olympic Games in Nazi Germany or participating. If they go, they would represent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501162152
• ISBN13: 9781501162152
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"